Remains of a a cargo aircraft that crashed in flames during taxi for takeoff at Idlewild Airport in New York, United States. The wrecked aircraft on the tarmac with firefighters standing nearby. The plane had nearly crashed into the Terminal building, seen in the background, but had been slowed enough to stop when it struck the tail of a nearby empty passenger airplane.
Brief glimpse of a street corner in New York City, where people are passing a newsstand as they enter a subway. Pedestrians, including a man pushing a baby carriage, are seen walking along the sidewalk. Scene shifts to Broadway and West 46th Street, near Times Square in Manhattan, where a mix of pedestrians are walking on a sunny day. A prominent sign for Admiral Television and Appliances is seen in the background. Aerial view from a tall building overlooking Times Square. The Astor Hotel is seen clearly at the left. The elevated camera pans upward revealing a wider view of Times Square, the Times Building, and the divergence of Broadway and 7th Avenue, as it angles uptown.
Keel laying of the nuclear-powered cargo and passenger ship, NS Savannah, at shipyard of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden New Jersey. Mrs. Pat Nixon, wife of Vice-President Richard M.Nixon, is seen at the keel laying of the ship, a center piece in President Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative. Scene at the Babcock and Wilcox company, where steel parts are being fabricated for the Savannah's nuclear reactor. The reactor head being molded. Uranium oxide fuel pellets being manufactured. Core filled with fuel pellets being lowered into the reactor. Animated diagram illustrates how the ship's reactor and propulsion system will work.View of shock-absorbing collision protection and radiation shielding being placed around the reactor shell. views of the ship under construction in the ways at the shipyard.Views of the ship's turbines manufactured by the De Laval Steam Turbine Company. A technician uses a brush to dust the precision gears of the DeLaval manufactured turbines. Meshed gears turning.
The Nuclear Ship ( NS ) Savannah nearing its completion in the United States. At the shipyard, a full size mockup of the nuclear reactor for the NS Savannah, is being constructed to facilitate installation of the actual reactor in the ship and training of her crew. View from above of the Savannah under construction. Several engineers and scientists, invited to the shipyard, from other countries, are seen in orange coveralls of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation and hard hats showing their national flags and labeled "foreign observer." Below her hull are seen retractable stabilizers to dampen roll in heavy seas.